tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2939989216334061878.post307807411544562224..comments2012-01-27T14:15:26.252-08:00Comments on Mundus Virtua: Dream wisdomDr. Andrew Paquettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04109980844555695058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2939989216334061878.post-49313911445077228132011-05-17T17:18:37.443-07:002011-05-17T17:18:37.443-07:00There are better people than me to answer this que...There are better people than me to answer this question. I am an authority on dreams because of the research I've done on my own dreams and related topics, but I haven't researched other people's dreams that much. I am aware from my reading that people who have researched dreaming believe that REM sleep indicates that everyone does dream whether they remember it or not. <br /><br />I dream of famous people too. Interestingly, they are always the same ones. For instance, I have had many dreams of George Bush, but only a couple with Clinton and none with Obama. I've also dreamed of a couple of specific actors several times, despite not being actors that I would otherwise think about very much. I've dreamed of Mother Theresa several times also, despite not being Catholic. I have my thoughts on this, but might save it for another blog.<br /><br />APDr. Andrew Paquettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109980844555695058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2939989216334061878.post-69668152390747644662011-05-17T05:23:03.524-07:002011-05-17T05:23:03.524-07:00Mr. P:
Is it your sense that most people believe ...Mr. P:<br /><br />Is it your sense that most people believe or feel that they dream? There was a time when I would quickly answered "yes" to this question; but when I talk about my own dreams I often don't sense that others dream so much. Now, when I say "talk about my own dreams" I'm not even talking about the powerful dreams that, for ne reason or another, resonate with me. I'm speaking of the quotidian dreams that form a narrative but don't make much sense (e.g., I often dream about famous people, they show up in my dream, but these aren't even famous people that I care about one way or another; and I wake up saying "Why the heck was X person in my dream!) I feel like I dream every night and, for the most part, remember some of that dream; but I'm beginning to wonder if this is true for most other people. I haven't perused the academic literature, and I won't be surprised if the research says that most people dream-but-don't-remember ... so perhaps I'm asking what's the difference between those who remember regularly and those who don't?Carl Blaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606867382883121071noreply@blogger.com